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Massachusetts Program Increases Solar Access For Municipal Light Plant Customers
Massachusetts' Baker-Polito administration recently awarded $2.3 million to fund a solar rebate program to support residential and small commercial solar projects for customers in...
Alabama Utility Signs PPA For 130 MW Solar Project
Alabama Municipal Electric Authority (AMEA) and Lightsource BP have announced the development of a 130 MW solar energy project in Montgomery County, Ala.
Lightsource...
Duke Energy Grows Colorado Solar Portfolio
Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of utility Duke Energy, has acquired the development assets associated with the 60 MW Palmer Solar project...
Texas Co-ops To Purchase 7 MW Of Distributed Solar
Five electric distribution cooperatives in Texas have signed agreements to purchase 7 MW of distribution-scale solar.
All of the arrays are scheduled to begin operation by June...
Xcel Energy Commits To Coal Retirements, Clean Energy
Xcel Energy has announced plans to retire its last two coal plants in the Upper Midwest a decade earlier than scheduled, as well as invest in...
NorthWestern Energy Seeks Montana Renewable Generation
NorthWestern Energy has issued a request for proposals (RFP) seeking additional renewable generation in Montana.
Montana’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) requires NorthWestern to procure energy...
AEP Seeks Solar, Wind Proposals In PJM
AEP Energy Partners (AEPEP), a subsidiary of Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power Co., is seeking proposals for off-take from new solar and new or...
Washington Commerce Dept. Funds Solar Initiatives
The Washington State Department of Commerce has announced over $1.6 million in grants in support of solar energy.
OneEnergy Renewables ($500,000) will use the funds...
Duke Energy Wins More Than 600 MW In Competitive Solar Procurement
Duke Energy will produce or purchase a total of 602 MW of energy from solar projects under North Carolina’s Competitive Procurement of Renewable Energy...
Report Outlines Southeast Solar Leaders And Laggards
As solar energy development continues to expand in the Southeast – with projections for future growth higher than last year’s forecast – the growth...
Report Outlines Southeast Solar Leaders And Laggards
As solar energy development continues to expand in the Southeast – with projections for future growth higher than last year’s forecast – the growth...
N.Y. Seeks To Improve Integration Of Renewables Onto Grid
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, D-N.Y., has announced up to $30 million in funding for projects that aim to improve the resiliency, flexibility and integration...
FPL Plans Giant Energy Storage Project
Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) has announced plans to build what it claims will be the world’s largest solar-powered battery system.
The future FPL...
Dairyland Inks PPA For 149 MW Badger State Solar Project
Dairyland Power Cooperative has finalized a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Ranger Power for the proposed 149 MW Badger State Solar Project in Jefferson...
PSEG Buys North Carolina Solar Duo From BayWa
PSEG Solar Source, a subsidiary of PSEG Power, has purchased two North Carolina solar farms being developed by BayWa r.e.
Construction began last month on...
FPL Proposes Major Community Solar Initiative
Florida Power & Light Co. has filed a proposal with the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) for a new community solar program.
FPL’s SolarTogether initiative...
Avangrid Scores Utility PPA For 150 MW Washington Solar Project
Avangrid Renewables LLC and Puget Sound Energy (PSE) have announced a solar power contract for the Lund Hill Solar Project, which is under development...
EDF Inks Major Solar Contract With Jacksonville Utility JEA
Jacksonville, Fla.-based utility JEA has signed five solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) with EDF Renewables North America.
The PPAs are for the 250 MW AC...
Florida A&M Green-Lights Solar Partnership With Duke Energy
The Florida A&M University (FAMU) board of trustees has approved a partnership with Duke Energy Florida (DEF) to build a solar facility in central...
Louisiana Regulators Green-Light Entergy Solar Agreement
The Louisiana Public Service Commission has approved a deal for Entergy Louisiana to buy the output of a 50 MW solar project to be built in...